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INTERIM STUDY REPORT
General Government and Transportation Subcommittee
Appropriations and Budget Committee
Representative Guy Liebmann, Chairman
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Interim Study, 11-0, Representative Gary Banz
October 20, 2011
County Government Court Community Service Fees
Representative Randy McDaniel
randy.mcdaniel@okhouse.gov
• Presenting on behalf of Representative Banz
• Oklahoma County program designed to provide meaningful and productive community service while reducing jail and health care costs
• As an alternative to incarceration, the program can result in significant savings to counties
Brian Maughan
County Commissioner
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma City, OK
brian@oklahomacounty.org
• Inmate medical costs approach $500,000 per month
o Cost does not include in-house costs of medical professionals and equipment
• By utilizing court mandated community service the county no longer incurs the medical costs
• Use of community service does not expose counties to workers’ compensation or transportation costs
• At any given time there are dozens of adjudicated offenders who are involved in the structured community service program
o Most are sentenced to a minimum of 40 hours, with some sentenced to as much as 2,000 hours
o Offenders provide ready-made “staffing” for debris removal, rehabilitation of public properties in need and disaster recovery and relief
• Daily incarceration costs approach $50.00
• Average daily reduction 127 in the jail population resulting from the community service program will result in cost savings of $1.6 million
• Use of community service reduced an anticipated 16 percent increase in health care costs for prisoners to three percent (3.0%)
• The county is asking the Legislature to consider expanding the use of motor fuels collections to counties to provide stable funding for the program

INTERIM STUDY REPORT
General Government and Transportation Subcommittee
Appropriations and Budget Committee
Representative Guy Liebmann, Chairman
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Interim Study, 11-0, Representative Gary Banz
October 20, 2011
County Government Court Community Service Fees
Representative Randy McDaniel
randy.mcdaniel@okhouse.gov
• Presenting on behalf of Representative Banz
• Oklahoma County program designed to provide meaningful and productive community service while reducing jail and health care costs
• As an alternative to incarceration, the program can result in significant savings to counties
Brian Maughan
County Commissioner
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma City, OK
brian@oklahomacounty.org
• Inmate medical costs approach $500,000 per month
o Cost does not include in-house costs of medical professionals and equipment
• By utilizing court mandated community service the county no longer incurs the medical costs
• Use of community service does not expose counties to workers’ compensation or transportation costs
• At any given time there are dozens of adjudicated offenders who are involved in the structured community service program
o Most are sentenced to a minimum of 40 hours, with some sentenced to as much as 2,000 hours
o Offenders provide ready-made “staffing” for debris removal, rehabilitation of public properties in need and disaster recovery and relief
• Daily incarceration costs approach $50.00
• Average daily reduction 127 in the jail population resulting from the community service program will result in cost savings of $1.6 million
• Use of community service reduced an anticipated 16 percent increase in health care costs for prisoners to three percent (3.0%)
• The county is asking the Legislature to consider expanding the use of motor fuels collections to counties to provide stable funding for the program